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Study for Homage to the Square. Evident
Study for Homage to the Square. Evident
Study for Homage to the Square. Evident
Photo: Tobias Fischer/Moderna Museet

Study for Homage to the Square. Evident

Artist (USA, 1888 - 1976)
Alternate Title
  • Studie till Hyllning till kvadraten. Uppenbar
Date1960
MediumOlja på pannå
DimensionsBildmått: 102 × 102 cm
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LinePurchase 1964 (The Museum of Our Wishes)
Countries
On view
Stockholm
Object NumberNM 5777
About the artworkJosef Albers began working on his major series the Homage to the Square in  1950. He would produce hundreds of versions of the same basic composition of three or four squares nested inside on another, all with their own inner light, their own sense of space, until his death in 1976. This work forms part of the sereis and challenges our perception  of colours and scale. Albers wrote of Homage to the Square: "They all are of different palettes, and, therefore, so to speak, of different climates. Choice of the colours used, as well as their order, is aimed at an interaction - influencing and changing each other forth and back."
Signatures, inscriptions and marks På ramen i blyerts "Amsterdam ll". På pannåens baksida med bläckpenna: "Ground: 6 Coates of Liquitex (permanent pigment) Painting: paints used (from centre) Cadmium Barium Yellow(permanent pigment) at top of Magna White(Boconi)? Chap in Neutral Grey # 1 (Skivae)? Barium Yellow(permanent pigment) all in one coat " directly from the tube Varnish. Polyvinyl Acetate in Toluene" Selected exhibition history Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Tanken flyger (den 14 september 2002 - den 24 november 2002) Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm (tidigare Stockholms Stadsteater) LIVET SJÄLVT - om frågan rörande vad det egentligen är; dess materialiteter och dess egenskaper, med tanke på att alla den västerländska vetenskapens och filosofins försök att besvara frågan visat sig otillräckliga (den 20 februari 2016 - den 8 maj 2016) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Den inre och den yttre rymden / en utställning rörande en universell konst (1965-1966) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Life Itself : [Moderna Museet Stockholm 20/2-8/5 2016]Moderna Museet besöker Bildmuseet i Umeå : 28 maj 1994 - 5 mars 1995Den inre och den yttre rymden : en utställning rörande en universell konst : [Moderna Museet : 26 december 1965 - 13 februari 1966]